Crimp or crimping may refer to: Crimp (climbing), a small hold with little surface area Crimp (gambling), a bent corner of a card to facilitate cheating Crimp (joining), a deformity in metal used to make a join Crimp (recruitment) or shanghaiing, to shanghai or conscript men as sailors A style of song in the British comedy series The Mighty Boosh Crimp (wool), the number of bends per unit of length Crimp (electrical), a type of solderless connection Crimping pliers, tools for squeezing things together Grain crimping, an organic way to preserve feed grain Hair crimping, a method of styling hair Staple remover, also known as a "crimper" Crimp, Cornwall, a hamlet in England, United Kingdom Douglas Crimp (1944-2019), American writer, curator, and art historian Martin Crimp (born 1956), British playwright